Taken together, the selections capture how the new sound technologies were shaped by developments such as urbanization, the increasing value placed on leisure time, and the rise of the advertising industry.
Last year also saw increasing value placed on non-traditional sectors like ecommerce and healthcare, as well as international investments.
Earlier this month, Citrix acquired Zenprise, pointing to the increasing value placed on software and services that help companies manage the smartphones, iPads and tablets people bring to work.
But the increasing value placed on personal narrative appears to be breaking down that barrier.
There is increasing value placed on motivating people to end OD, as evidenced by the United Nation's new Sanitation Drive 2015 advocacy campaign working to end OD even if the resulting sanitation facility does not meet the standards of improved sanitation.
As kids approach adolescence, increased value is placed on gender conformity and heterosexual desirability.
This in turn increased the value placed on childhood innocence.
This increase has nothing to do with costs; it's all about the increased value that customers place on an immediate haven from rain.
Any lowering of gilt yields will increase the value placed on pension liabilities and may indeed cause deficits to increase in the absence of corresponding asset rises.
Increasing value is placed on patient experience to inform service delivery.
